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"Casa Bonita"
South Park episode
Episode no.
Season 7
Episode 11
Directed byTrey Parker
Written byTrey Parker
Featured music"If You Leave Me Now" by Chicago
Production code711
Original air dateNovember 12, 2003
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"Casa Bonita" is the eleventh episode of the seventh season of the American animated television series South Park, and the 107th episode of the series overall. It first aired on Comedy Central in the United States on November 12, 2003. In the episode, Cartman misleads Butters into going missing in order to gain an invitation to Kyle's birthday party. The titular restaurant in the episode is based on the real-life Casa Bonita, a Mexican-themed restaurant in Denver, Colorado.


The episode was written by series co-creator Trey Parker. The show's writing team had the idea of Cartman convincing Butters to disappear long before the episode's production. The rest of the episode's storyline and script were developed in the week preceding its broadcast. The inclusion of Casa Bonita was based on the crew's memories of going there as children; Parker, co-creator Matt Stone, director Eric Stough, and other members of the show's staff had visited the restaurant before. As such, the show's depiction of the restaurant is fairly accurate.


The episode received positive reviews from television critics, and is one of Parker's favorite episodes. The real-life restaurant saw an increase in visitors following the episode's airing. "Casa Bonita" was released on DVD along with the rest of the seventh season in 2006, and it is currently available for streaming on Hulu.




Contents





  • 1 Plot


  • 2 Production


  • 3 Reception


  • 4 Home release


  • 5 References

    • 5.1 Footnotes


    • 5.2 Sources



  • 6 External links




Plot


Kyle announces that as a birthday treat, his mother Sheila is taking him and three of his friends to Casa Bonita. Cartman's initial joy is crushed when Kyle says he is taking Stan, Kenny, and Butters instead of Cartman, due to him mocking Kyle for being Jewish and calling him names. Cartman decides to prove that he is actually nice, but since kindness is such a foreign concept to him, his first attempts are unsuccessful. Eventually, he succeeds by apologizing for his actions and Kyle is touched, and tells him that if Butters is for some reason unable to attend, Cartman can. Cartman subsequently tells Butters that a meteor is about to hit Earth and hides him in a bomb shelter, so that he does not appear in time for the trip.


Cartman is set to replace Butters when Butters' parents tearfully inform the boys that Butters is missing, causing Kyle to postpone his party until next Saturday. Cartman then tells Butters that the meteor has hit, civilization has crumbled, and that the world is filled with radioactive cannibals. Butters' disappearance causes a town search party and several days later, the police announce that will be checking ducts, wells, and bomb shelters, potentially ruining Cartman's evil plan. He then guides Butters out of the shelter, making him wear a box over his head so he cannot see that everything is really okay under the pretense of protecting him from the radiation. Cartman relocates Butters to a broken-down gas station and he locks him in an abandoned refrigerator for his protection after pretending to get bit by a radioactive cannibal. After Cartman leaves, a garbage truck comes and takes Butters to the city dump. Butters mistakes the dump for post-apocalyptic Earth, and after finding a dog, tries to build a "new civilization." A few days later, female junkyard worker stumbles across Butters and tells him the truth about everything.


Just as the party arrives at Casa Bonita, Kyle's mother gets a phone call informing her of what has happened to Butters. She and the other boys confront Cartman, notifying him that the police are on their way. Knowing that his entire plan failed, Cartman makes a mad dash through the restaurant to sample every attraction and food in the few moments of freedom he has left. He is finally cornered by the police, Sheila, and the boys. Cartman, however, jumps off the fake waterfall. A police officer explains the trouble Cartman has caused, noting that he will be sent to juvenile hall for a week, made the whole town worried over nothing, and his friends now hate him. The officer asks Cartman if it was worth it, to which the latter mellowly responds, "totally!"



Production




The titular restaurant in the episode is based on the real-life Casa Bonita, a Mexican-themed restaurant in Denver, Colorado.


"Casa Bonita" was written and directed by series co-founder Trey Parker.[1] Like many South Park episodes, it was produced in the week preceding its broadcast. The concept for the episode came together at the last minute.[2] One of the episode's plot elements, that Cartman convinces Butters that an asteroid is going to hit Earth, existed for a "long time" before the episode entered production.[3] It was a Thursday—one week before the episode's airdate—when the show's writing team developed the conceit that Cartman would be invited to a birthday party if Butters were unable to go.[4]


The titular restaurant in the episode is based on the real-life Casa Bonita, a Mexican-themed "eatertainment" restaurant in the Denver suburb of Lakewood, Colorado. Parker and co-creator Matt Stone had both gone to the restaurant as children. They received clearance from Casa Bonita to use their name and likeness, which Parker and co-creator Matt Stone thought was very unusual, making them "even cooler."[5] The restaurant inquired as to whether it would be the subject of mockery, to which Parker responded, "How can we rip on Casa Bonita? That was your dream as a kid, to be able to go to Casa Bonita for your birthday."[6] The design of the restaurant in South Park is modeled heavily on the actual place. The show's animation director, Eric Stough, had also gone to Casa Bonita as a child, and other individuals on the crew from Kansas and New Mexico were familiar with the restaurant.[7]



Reception


Parker has called "Casa Bonita" among his top ten favorite episodes of South Park.[2] In 2012, Mark Tornga, writing for The A.V. Club, wrote that "South Park delivered the best possible commercial for this restaurant/adventurescape with the surprisingly accurate and compelling 2003 "Casa Bonita" episode of the show. Of the hundred or so Google and Yelp reviews I've read about Casa Bonita, a solid half of them mentioned Cartman or South Park as their motivation for dining."[8]


The actual Casa Bonita has seen a boost in visitors since the episode's airing.[9]The Denver Post ran an article about the restaurant in 2014, and its general manager noted that the South Park episode helped its business: "Our demographics have changed slightly because of the South Park episode. We are now cool with the 18-25- year-olds [sic]."[10]



Home release


"Casa Bonita", along with the thirteen other episodes from South Park's seventh season, were released on a three-disc DVD set in the United States on March 26, 2006. The sets included brief audio commentaries by Parker and Stone for each episode.[11] The episode is available for streaming on Hulu.[12]



References





Footnotes




  1. ^ "Casa Bonita - Official South Park Studios Wiki". South Park Studios. Retrieved March 3, 2016..mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output .citation qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-maintdisplay:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em


  2. ^ ab Parker 2006, 0:10.


  3. ^ Parker 2006, 2:00.


  4. ^ Parker 2006, 2:10.


  5. ^ Stone 2006, 0:30.


  6. ^ Parker 2006, 0:40.


  7. ^ Stone 2006, 1:10.


  8. ^ Mark Tornga (May 11, 2012). "A pilgrimage to Casa Bonita". Archived from the original on May 13, 2012. Retrieved March 3, 2016.


  9. ^ L. Wayne Hicks (July 13, 2012). "Casa Bonita: People dive, profits soar". Denver Business Journal. Retrieved March 3, 2016.


  10. ^ Kristen Leigh Painter (March 28, 2014). "Casa Bonita celebrates 40 years of sopapillas and cliff diving". The Denver Post. Retrieved March 3, 2016.


  11. ^ Judge Bill Gibron (March 21, 2006). "DVD Verdict Review - South Park: The Complete Seventh Season". DVD Verdict. Archived from the original on May 29, 2010. Retrieved March 3, 2016.


  12. ^ Michael Wolff (July 8, 2015). "'South Park' Re-Ups With Massive Hulu, Comedy Central Deals (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved March 3, 2016.



Sources


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  • Stone, Matt (March 2006). South Park: The Complete Seventh Season: "Casa Bonita" (DVD – audio commentary). Paramount Home Entertainment.


  • Parker, Trey (March 2006). South Park: The Complete Seventh Season: "Casa Bonita" (DVD – audio commentary). Paramount Home Entertainment.



External links



  • "Casa Bonita" Full episode at South Park Studios


  • "Casa Bonita" Episode Guide at South Park Studios


  • "Casa Bonita" on IMDb


  • "Casa Bonita" at TV.com

  • Casa Bonita Denver (Lakewood)







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